UK weather 2018: How the weather can make you SICK revealed

SUMMER heatwave temperatures have finally receded, with the massive climbdown from 33C highs begun in ernest. As the fresher conditions set in, many people might begin feeling down and unwell, but why?

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Abrupt weather changes can have profound effects on human psychology, as with Seasonal Affective Disorder, people in the winter months can experience more depressive episodes, due to a lack of light.

However, these changes can be as immediate as a change in the weather, such as from sunshine to clouds.

Zornitsa Spasova, of the National Centre of Public Health and Analyses, Bulgaria unearthed links between sudden onset of new weather and effects on mental health.

Studying people in Sofia, Bulgaria, over a period of five months, Ms Spasova found a curious link between so-called ‘unfavourable’ weather conditions and a noticeable change in mood.

UK weather forecast: Mental health can profoundly change as a result of weather (Image: GETTY)

Ms Spasova noted that: “Abrupt weather changes, according to expectations, have negative effects on human emotions – but only when a transition to the cloudy weather or weather type, classified as ‘unfavourable’, has been realised.”

Apparently, the change mainly occurred in people with a disposition towards neuroticism, which had a strong impact on emotional interactions during bad weather.

She says: “Emotionally stable individuals are more ‘resistant’ to the weather influence on their emotions, while those who are emotionally unstable have a stronger dependence on the impacts of weather.”

A slightly different mental impact of weather can see the dismantlement of community bonds.